Used house prices slow marginally
9/3/2005 11:34
Shanghai Daily news
Shanghai's second-hand housing
prices continued to slow last month, indicating the market is cooling. The
benchmark index for second-hand housing prices rose 1.26 percent to 1,289 points
in February, compared with rises of 1.4 percent in January and 1.5 percent in
December, the Shanghai Existing Property Index Office reported yesterday.
For the entire year, the office forecast the existing housing prices will
slow continuously, after running at a "high level" for more than two
years. "The existing property market is unlikely to see the same active
trading this year, as high-flying prices curb demand," said Huang Weiwei,
Shanghai Existing Property Index Office secretary general. The performance of
preowned apartments along Rail Transportation Line 1 in Minhang District, surged
4.6 percent last month. Housing prices in the area increased 225 yuan (US$27) in
merely a month to 5,200 yuan. The Xinzhuang and Longbai areas saw their prices
breach 7,000 and 8,000 yuan per square meter, respectively. Apartments in
Shangnan, Pudong New Area, and Pengpu, Zhabei District, achieved rises of
more than 3 percent.
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